48+ min ago  (701+ words) Last October, the U.S. Tennis Association quietly banned transgender women from competing in events. Tennis players in Las Vegas have launched a trans-inclusive league. Queers on Gears offers a safe space for people to learn how to defend themselves with firearms....

1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (715+ words) Queers on Gears offers a safe space for people to learn how to defend themselves with firearms. People are turning to guns to protect themselves as anti-LGBTQ+ laws spread. Last October, the U.S. Tennis Association quietly banned transgender women from competing…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (603+ words) An appeals court ruled a school district acted within its rights in terminating Katie Rinderle after she read a gender-inclusive children's book to her fifth-grade class. A teacher in Georgia will remain fired after an appeals court supported her termination....

9+ hour, 6+ min ago  (918+ words) Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-McCray was well known in the Petersburg community. A transgender woman was shot in a Petersburg, Virginia, neighborhood. Christopher Wiggins is politics & news editor at The Advocate, where he leads national coverage at the intersection of public policy,…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (1371+ words) The educator says being cited as inspiration for the proposal has brought harassment, fear, and unwanted attention. Max Bearden is a transgender teacher in Tennessee who teaches children with special needs. Christopher Wiggins is politics & news editor at The Advocate,…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago  (757+ words) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and border official Tom Homan offered sharply different accounts of what ICE agents would do, even as the administration deploys them. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol Dulles International Airport on March 24, 2026, in Dulles, Virginia....

6+ hour, 39+ min ago  (650+ words) Activist and adventurer Spencer West talks his upcoming autobiography and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro on his hands. Trans Idahoans say the bill forces a choice between arrest and personal safety. Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-McCray's death highlights how misgendering and broader patterns of…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago  (765+ words) Trans Idahoans say the bill forces a choice between arrest and personal safety. Idaho Republicans want to make it a felony for transgender people to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. Christopher Wiggins is politics & news editor…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago  (877+ words) Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-McCray's death highlights how misgendering and broader patterns of violence can obscure killings of transgender people. A transgender woman was shot in a Petersburg, Virginia, neighborhood. Christopher Wiggins is politics & news editor at The Advocate, where he leads…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (969+ words) Crews erased LGBTQ+ Pride and Black Lives Matter street symbols to comply with a Texas Department of Transportation mandate. A cyclist bikes past the rainbow crosswalks on Cedar Springs and Throckmorton St in Oak Lawn on May 1, 2020. The city had…...